Wednesday, July 09, 2014

#YouCompleteMe challenge update...

The idea was to fish out a long forgotten, started but not finished, craft project and, erm, complete it...

Well I picked a lovely cross stitch picture I started more than a decade ago and decide I would make a concerted effort to finish it in June.

June 30th - not quite completed

So did I do it?

Errrrrrm. Not exactly.

But I did complete a whole page of the chart. Only three more pages to go!

To be fair I knew it wouldn't be completed. There are not enough hours in my day to do all the stuff I HAVE to do let alone all the things I WANT to do! However I really looked forward to the little bit of time I allocated each day to stitching and watching it grow over the days and weeks has been great!
I have loved all your comments and encouragement as I have updated each day's progress on Instagram too - thank you all for that!

beginning and end - only three more pages of charts to do!

So what have I learned from this challenge?

Mainly that I have way too many unfinished projects that I really should complete before I start anything new! (she types, whilst staring at knitting basket with at least four different WIP's stashed in it...)
I have also learned that I still love cross stitch - even if it is one of the most time consuming crafts! - and I WILL get this beautiful picture finished, framed and hung on my wall. And it WON'T take another decade...
Maybe...

Hi Carol, thanks fro dropping by! You should be able to get all the colours you need from any DMC stockist. I suggest you try google to find stockists local to you or mail order options. Happy stitching!

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